Cloud Computing, Virtualization & Datacenter

Today I will guide you through the deployment of a HANA Express database on AKS – Managed Kubernetes on Azure. One of my colleagues out of the GBB SAP team has asked me, if the setup described for GKE on the SAP website is also possible for AKS on Azure.
-> https://www.sap.com/developer/tutorials/hxe-kubernetes-google-cluster.html
The answer is yes. I have written a PowerShell script which Read more [...]

Last year Microsoft announced the preview of AKS – Managed Kubernetes and the new ACI connector for Kubernetes the Virtual Kubelet.
-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-azure-container-service-aks-managed-kubernetes-and-azure-container-registry-geo-replication/
-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/azure-brings-new-serverless-and-devops-capabilities-to-the-kubernetes-community/
In Read more [...]

This month Microsoft launched the public preview of the Application Security Groups, short ASG, in all Azure regions.
-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-for-asg/
ASGs are like a security group and makes it easier to define an Azure Network Security Group rule set. You can join Azure VMs or to be more specific the Azure VM’s NIC to an ASG. In the next step you would Read more [...]

From a security perspective the new year has started with a big bang. If you have lost the traction where you get the necessary information for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and Meltdown on Windows Server, Hyper-V, and Azure, then have a look at the following link summary.
Windows Server in general:
Windows Server guidance to protect against speculative execution side-channel Read more [...]

In my last blog article, I talked about the update management solution in Azure and what the capabilities are.
-> http://www.danielstechblog.info/keeping-azure-vms-date-update-management-solution/
Today we will have a look on how to deploy the update management solution through an Azure Resource Manager template. All what we need is to define the following Azure services in the template. Read more [...]

Based on the Azure services Log Analytics and Azure Automation you can use three new capabilities in the Azure portal for your Azure VMs: inventory, change tracking, and update management.
-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/update-management-inventory-and-change-tracking-are-available-in-azure-automation/
In this blog article I will talk about the update management solution. If you Read more [...]

If you are working with Azure DevTest Labs you already know that all the nice things are built around to provide a test environment for Azure IaaS VMs. So far so good, but what can you do to provide your DevTest Labs users with access to PaaS services? Azure DevTest Labs got you covered with a feature called environments.
-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/announcing-azure-devtest-labs-support-for-creating-environment-with-arm-templates/
Environments Read more [...]

In my previous blog post “Working with NSG augmented security rules in Azure” I described what the NSG augmented security rules are and how you can leverage them with PowerShell.
-> http://www.danielstechblog.info/working-nsg-augmented-security-rules-azure/
In this blog post I will briefly describe how to implement the augmented security rules in your Azure Resource Manager template. First, Read more [...]

At Microsoft Ignite this year Microsoft has announced several networking improvements and features in Azure. Most of them are currently in public preview and can be tested like the augmented security rules for NSGs in Azure.
-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-features-for-nsgs/
What are augmented security rules? In short, they extend the rule set, so you can specify Read more [...]

Currently the Azure Container Service is not available in one of the regions of Azure Germany, that supports you creating an Kubernetes cluster in an easy way.
But do not be afraid. There is a handy tool called the Azure Container Service Engine or short acs-engine available on GitHub to generate the necessary ARM templates for you.
-> https://github.com/Azure/acs-engine
To start with Read more [...]